Just when Gao Junshan was in full swing preparing for the westward expedition, Jin merchant Huang Yunfa came again.

"Yunfa greets King Qin!"

Gao Junshan was in a good mood when he saw Huang Yunfa, and he returned the salute to Huang Yunfa: "Blessing, farewell to Gucheng, you are blessed!" ”

Huang Yun smiled and said, "Let King Qin see and laugh!" Cough! Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, we have known each other for ten years. Although I have been running around all these years, somehow I just can't lose weight, but I am getting fatter day by day, you see, now I have a belly! ”

Gao Junshan asked, "Do you have any plans next?" ”

"I'm almost fifty years old, what else can I do? After all these years, I want to settle down and enjoy family fun with my children and grandchildren! ”

Gao Junshan proposed: "Why don't you stay in Xiangyang, I will set up a trade department in the household department, and you will take care of trade affairs for me." Of course, you don't need to run around anymore, you just need to instruct the young people. ”

Huang Yunfa thanked him and said: "King Qin looks up to me Huang Yunfa so much, then I might as well obey my fate with respect!" ”

"Good!" Gao Junshan was very excited, "Welcome Brother Jinfu to join the ranks of our rebels!" ”

Huang Yunfa hurriedly explained: "King Qin, I only join your team, I am not interested in any righteous army, I am only loyal to King Qin!" ”

Gao Junshan took Huang Yunfa's hand and said: "From now on, we will work together to create a better future!" ”

Huang Yunfa hurriedly saluted: "Weichen meets King Qin!" ”

Gao Junshan said: "I will not go west in the future, Xiangyang this fast territory has only been beaten down for a short time, it is the time for you to enter the Fu to show your strength, you give me Xiangyang's economic revitalization, I will return to Xiangyang in the future, I hope to see a thriving, prosperous and vibrant Xiangyang." ”

"Wechen do his best!" Huang Yunfa said confidently, and then he mentioned the matter of half a treasure map, "Can King Qin figure out the secret of the half treasure map I dedicated to you?" ”

Gao Junshan said lightly: "It's just a meaningless piece of waste paper." ”

"Why?"

"I didn't give a specific direction, the world is so big, do you want me to find it mountain by mountain?"

Huang Yunfa approached Gao Junshan and whispered: "King Qin, I have heard that the place where this treasure is hidden is in Sichuan. ”

Gao Junshan frowned: "First, you can't be sure if it's in Sichuan; Second, even in Sichuan, it is equivalent to looking for a needle in a haystack, do you know how many mountains there are in the whole of Sichuan? ”

"Of course I know, but these treasures will not be hidden in the unknown mountains, it is very likely to be hidden near the famous mountains and ancient temples, so if you look for them, the scope will be greatly reduced."

"Famous mountains and ancient temples?"

"I've also heard that these treasures are related to the temple."

Gao Junshan patted Huang Yunfa on the shoulder: "Jinfu, if you find these treasures, you will be the first to work!" I will reward you greatly. ”

How dare Huang Yunfa receive this merit, he told Gao Junshan that it was already the greatest satisfaction that he could serve Gao Junshan in Xiangyang, and he would not accept Gao Junshan's reward.

Gao Junshan asked again: "What did you bring back this time?" ”

"Five thousand good horses, on the way here, and there are urgently needed items purchased for King Qin."

Gao Junshan knew that Huang Yunfa had been in business for many years and had a group of capable officers under him, and he would not give up these people, so he told Huang Yunfa that after Huang Yunfa's people arrived, he would stay in the Trade Division. Gao Junshan needed these businessmen to buy raw materials for military production for the Ministry of Military Industry in Xiangyang.

In April of the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, Gao Junshan gathered 50,000 troops and waited outside Xiangyang City to go out.

Bai Wenxuan, the chief soldier of the First Brigade of the Western Route Army, led 8,000 troops; Ma Yuanli, the chief soldier of the Second Brigade of the West Route Army, led 8,000 troops; Zhang Hualong, the commander-in-chief of the Third Brigade of the West Route Army, led 6,000 troops; Wang Shangli, the commander of the Fourth Brigade of the Western Route Army, led 6,000 troops; Wang Ziqi, the chief soldier of the Fifth Brigade of the Western Route Army, led 6,000 troops.

Gao Junshan's Chinese generals Dou Mingming, Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, Ma Jin, Li Hu, and Li Derong.

Liu Chenggong, commander of the rocket cavalry battalion.

Field Artillery Battalion Chief Soldier Marven. Marven is also a disciple of Chongwen Academy, majoring in artillery.

Before setting off, Gao Junshan reaffirmed the ironclad discipline of the command system: when two or more brigades are fighting together, the commander-in-chief of the 1st Brigade may command the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Brigades without a specially designated commander-in-chief; The general commander of the 2nd Brigade may command the 3rd, 4th, and 5th Brigades; And so on, the general of the 5th Brigade must obey the command of the other 4 brigades.

The five westward brigades all had their equipment replaced, and these equipment were all brand new equipment stored in the arsenal room in Xiangyang. The five brigades were dominated by cavalry, supplemented by infantry, and each cavalry had two war horses.

Before leaving, Gao Junshan ordered the logistics department to be responsible for transporting 30 Hongyi cannons and 800 Franc cannons to follow up with the team, and to be responsible for the continuous delivery of various types of gunpowder.

After everything was ready, Gao Junshan's army of 50,000 began to march westward on April 8, he took the military advisor Tian Wenju with him, planned the military aircraft, and he took Zhang Cong with him, the purpose was to exchange for rice, and now Gao Junshan gave this task to Zhang Cong to do. In addition, even his personal guards are indispensable, and the captain of the guard is none other than Sun Kewang, who has the title of 'a wall'.

Gao Junshan's army passed through Baokang and Fang County, and soon entered the territory of Sichuan, and was advancing towards the Daning River, pointing directly at Kuizhou.

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Chongqing Prefecture, Sichuan.

At this time, Yang Sichang, who entered Sichuan to pursue Luo Rucai and Ma Shouying, was in Chongqing Mansion, and he received a report from Gao Junshan entering Sichuan, and hurriedly ordered Zuo Liangyu, the general of the Ping Thief, and Ma Gan, the commander of the eastern Sichuan Army, to guard the border between Shaanxi and Hubei, and Shao Jiechun, the governor of Sichuan, to abandon the 32 passes on the border of the two provinces and concentrate his troops to defend Kuimen.

Yang Sichang Chongqing Xingyuan.

Ji Wanji, the former supervisor of the army, asked Yang Sichang worriedly: "Master Supervisor, now that the high mountains have entered eastern Sichuan, we are just blindly defending and not intercepting them, and let them drive straight in, is it too risky?" ”

Yang Sichang smiled weirdly: "Jiren (10,000 yuan Jizi) only knows one but doesn't know the other!" I am arniving the enemy deep and letting them into eastern Sichuan. ”

"Why?" Wan Yuan Ji asked.

Yang Sichang beckoned Wan Yuan Ji to come closer and said: "Shu is far away, heavy mountains and mountains, if the high thief ventures deep, he will be trapped and killed by our army." Then, the Qin soldiers were ordered to break the plank road and the soldiers were in Baishui; The Yunnan soldiers were stationed in Qujing and held the Baishi River; I will wait for the opportunity to move again, and drive it into the Songpan barbarians, so that the thieves can be killed. ”

Yang Sichang's plan to lure the enemy deep actually has its wishful thinking, he came to supervise this time, Zhu Youzhen placed infinite hopes on him, and personally awarded Shang Fang the sword to this scholar of the Ministry of Rites and Dongge University, Yang Sichang can not fail this time, if he fails, his career will end here.

Therefore, his plan to lure the enemy into the depths still has his personal calculations, as long as Gao Junshan enters Sichuan, even if he loses his division and land, it is also the responsibility of Shao Jiechun, the governor of Sichuan, and has nothing to do with him, the superintendent and auxiliary minister.

In Yang Sichang's words, it is called a plan to drive the tiger and devour the wolf, and he is very proud of the plan he set.